On: Coding Up an IoT PCB Design

[deaddabe]

This talk was impressive. Especially repeating parts and even using machine learning to optimize values of resistors.

TL;DW the tool is named Skidl ans uses Python to generate net lists for KiCAD. https://github.com/devbisme/skidl

[ris → deaddabe]

> chooses an imperative language to define circuit topologies

hmm.. maybe that's ok if they don't go too overboard and encourage a functional style

> uses & as an in-place, mutating operator

that's it, I'm out of here

[bb88 → ris]

I agree. '&' should not mutate.

In this case it's simple to do:

   net1 = pin1, pin2, pin3
   design = net1, net2, net3...

[welterde → deaddabe]

So far I have only used skidl for a few small projects. One project where it worked really well was in creating the schematic for backplanes, which is normally kinda tedious - especially if one has to create multiple variants with different slot numbers.